Just seen this thread. This may be a little simplistic, but won't a table (with no visible borders) work in this situation. This means that everything is nicely lined up, no issue with indents, styles, conversion between .sxw / .doc
I've attached an example which should make it through to the original poster. Maybe I've missed something - .... Paul On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:42:30 +0100, Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Chris, > > Chris BONDE wrote: > >>>Chris BONDE wrote: > > snip > >>Cor Nouws wrote: > >>The styles are saved in the document. > >>If you work with templates, the styles are available in all docs from > >>that template. You can copy the style from doc1 to doc2: > >>Format|Styles|Load. > >> > > snip > > > >>>To my chagrin, no STYLE in either of the document, and other > >>>formating was lost. > >>> > >>>I think that what happened is this, part of the documents were > >>>scanned, saved as MS.doc, worked on as .doc then saved as doc. as > >>>need to pass such a file onto someone else. Were most of the > >>>formatting rules lost? If so I guess I have to save in OOo format. > >>>If not why and how do I overcome? > >> > >>This kind of formatting is not affected by saving as MS-doc. > >>Are you sure your formatting is gone? > >>Have you tried if the "Paragraph Styles" button is pressed (as Tony > >>pointed out)? > > > > Yes, a number of the formatting styles were lost. When I saved a warning > > came up > > and said that something would not be saved, I disregarded and saved. (Forget > > exactly what the message was.) > I know this warning. I save as MS-doc regularly. > > > I had an under border on the header, lost; an over border on the footer > > lost. > > Also the new para style I created was no longer available after saving. > > However, > > the second document was still in the format I set it at but could not find > > what it was. > > Also, again the para styles was not in the STYLES para menu. > Did a test just now. > Borders disapear when saving as MS-doc (OOo 1.1.2, WinXP) > The created style and its properties however, are OK .... > Also when opening again in OOo after editing in Word2003 (performing a > nice crash for me ;-) > > Kind regards, > Cor > > -- > Cor Nouws > www.nouenoff.nl > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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